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Chronic Pain Conditions

At the Napa Pain Institute, our mission is to inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being, through integrated clinical practice, research, and education.

CONDITIONS WE TREAT

Chronic pain is pain that lasts a long time, usually extending beyond 6-months. With more than 25-years of experience in the management of chronic pain, we’ve seen just about everything. Give us a call today to schedule your consultation.

Low Back and Neck Pain

Low back pain can range from dull, intermittent, and simply annoying pain to chronic severe, life-interrupting pain in the lower back. This pain can restrict mobility and interfere with normal physical function, and quality of life. Neck pain is pain that occurs in the area of the cervical vertebrae in the neck. Because of its location and range of motion, the neck is often left unprotected and subject to injury. Pain in the back or neck area can be acute, which comes on suddenly and intensely, or chronic, which can last for weeks, months, or even years. The pain can be continuous or intermittent.

Low Back and Neck Pain

Neuropathy and Neuropathic Pain

Neuropathic pain can result after damage to or dysfunction of the nervous system. Pain can rise from any level of the nervous system. These levels are the peripheral nerves, spinal cord, and brain. Pain centers receive the wrong signals from the damaged nerve fibers. Nerve function may change at the site of the nerve damage, as well as areas in the central nervous system (central sensitization). Neuropathy is a disturbance of function or a change in one or several nerves. About 30 percent of neuropathy cases are caused by diabetes. It is not always easy to tell the source of the neuropathic pain. There are hundreds of diseases that are linked to this kind of pain.

Neuropathy and Neuropathic Pain

Headache Pain

According to the National Headache Foundation, more than 45 million Americans suffer from chronic (long-term), recurring (repeating) headaches; of these, 28 million suffer from migraines. About 20 percent of children and adolescents also have significant headaches. About 70% of headache sufferers are women. Headaches are the most common cause of absenteeism from work and school. Migraine sufferers lose more than 157 million work and school days every year because of headache pain.

Headache Pain

Spinal Cord Injuries

Spinal cord injury is damage to the spinal cord as a result of a direct trauma to the spinal cord itself or as a result of indirect damage to the bones, soft tissues, and vessels surrounding the spinal cord. The spinal cord is the major bundle of nerves carrying nerve impulses to and from the brain to the rest of the body. Rings of bone called vertebrae surround the spinal cord. These bones constitute the spinal column (back bones). Spinal cord damage results in a loss of function, such as mobility or feeling. In most people who have spinal cord injury, the spinal cord is not severed. Spinal cord injury is not the same as back injury, which might result from causes such as pinched nerves or ruptured disks. Even when a person sustains a break in a vertebra or vertebrae, there might not be any spinal cord injury if the spinal cord itself is not affected.

Spinal Cord Injuries

Cancer Pain

Pain is most often caused by the cancer itself. The amount of pain you have depends on the type of cancer, its stage (extent), and your pain threshold (tolerance for pain). People with advanced cancer are more likely to have pain. Pain can also be caused by cancer-related treatment or tests. You may also have pain that has nothing to do with the cancer or its treatment. Like anyone, you can get headaches, muscle strains, and other aches and pains.

Cancer Pain

Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis (“porous bone”) is a disease that weakens bones, putting them at greater risk for sudden and unexpected fractures. Osteoporosis results in an increased loss of bone mass and strength. The disease often develops without any symptoms or pain, and it is usually not discovered until the weakened bones cause painful fractures. Most of these are fractures of the hip, wrist, and spine.

Although osteoporosis occurs in both men and women, women are four times more likely to develop the disease than men. After age 50, one in two white women, and one in four white men, will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetimes. Another 30 percent have low bone density that puts them at risk of developing osteoporosis (including African-Americans). Osteoporosis is responsible for more than 2 million fractures each year, and this number continues to grow. There are steps you can take to prevent osteoporosis from ever occurring. Treatments can also slow the rate of bone loss if you do have osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis

How We Can Help

Our expert team will customize a personalized treatment plan that works for you.

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HEAR IT FROM OUR PATIENTS

“ Napa Pain Institute is an incredible Pain Management Center. I have suffered with chronic pain for 30 years due to several lumbar surgeries. I transferred to Napa Pain Institute 3 years ago and it was the best thing I have ever done. I have received the best pain management care that I have ever received. They have the most knowledgeable doctors, nurses and staff. My nurse Kimberly is fantastic and by far the best nurse I've ever had. They are also the best at implanting and managing Medtronic pain pumps. I personally highly recommend Napa Pain Institute to anyone who suffers from chronic pain ”

- Jeff B. -

“ I would easily give them and their facility the highest rating. They care and you are always treated with respect. ”

- Bruce F. -

“ I highly, highly recommend Napa Pain Institute for anyone dealing with chronic or acute pain. They will find you a solution. And they are all wonderful.
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